deerslayer

+1 What does it matter?

As it gets colder, I'll start wearing more Columbia fleece vests over a long sleeve t-shirt or flannel shirt. A little athletic tape on the strong side stiffens the vest for an easier draw, and it looks like all the other fleece vests everybody else in the mall is wearing.

Bushmaster Carbon 15 9mm. Hands down the funnest rifle I've ever owned. No pics, but it looks like this: http://www.bushmaster.com/catalog_carbon15_AZ9-C15R16FT.asp

Been a member for many years and am, frankly, a bit suprised at how many people on this thread aren't members.

+1 I usually carry with an untucked polo. When I first started doing this, I thought it looked a bit slobbish, but I actually blend in very well. Combine it with a Callaway or Ping hat, and I look like some harmless kid who just came from the golf course.

Right. Instead, they could get a S&W Glock (aka M&P) and be somehow magically good to go when they put their finger all over the trigger before the gun clears the holster.

It's a little trouble to get to, but worth the effort, IMO. Duane Thomas wrote this article in the November edition of the Blue Press (Dillon's monthly catalog/magazine). I'm not trying to revive the recent dead-horse thread about how IDPA can get you killed, but this article addresses some of the issues in that thread. When he refers to frequent participation in combat pistol matches as "training," I cringed a little. However, I don' think Thomas meant that competition should substitute for actual training; I think he meant for it to maintain skills and techniques learned in training. Just my $.02. Click the link, then go to page 42: http://www.bridleandbit.net/ebooks/bluepress/bluepressnov08/nov08/object_files/main.swf

STARTING at $15.99. Some of them (the ones I wanted) are $24.99.

I would prefer a Glock 19, but beggars can't be choosy

Tungsten, beware--I have Sevigny Competition sights on my G34, and they WILL RUST. I keep a light coat of oil on them, and they do ok. Love 'em otherwise.

G34 owner here, and I love it. Mine is stock, except for a set of plain black Sevigny Competition sights (which many use on carry guns). Sights and all, I believe I have about $680 in it (new). When I'm not shooting IDPA matches, my favorite thing to do with it is shooting steel silhouette targets at 55 yards. Be warned--your 19 and 26 may feel neglected.

I'm not as tough as you--my curls are only a 1/4 pound each.

CTAC w/ v clips

some freak who couldn't shoot a Glock for sh*t.

Manchester video is up. I am in about half the videos, and am the lefty with the green vest and desert camo pants. Memphis Mechanic is the blond guy w/ black sleeves and no hat. It wasn't my best effort, but I was happy to still take home a plaque. Watch stage 10 for one of my world-class four second reloads. I shoved the mag in crooked, it bounced out, I tried again and body-slammed the mag. Oops. On stage 15, I do my Leaning Tower of Pisa imitation. And on 16, I should have gotten a procedural (which would not have made any difference in final standings), and I believe I had a shooter-induced malfunction. I'm still trying to figure out what happened on that stage. I fumbled reloads and made up too many shots all day, but still did ok. http://www.tristateshooters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=273

Here's the notorious group of Memphis IDPA shooters who went to the TN State Championship in Manchester. We brought home a couple plaques. Even though I had a lousy day, I still managed to take SSP Div. Champ. I guess everybody else in SSP shot like crap, too. It was a pleasure to meet NashvilleBill in person--looking forward to seeing you again at another match. Sooner or later, I'll post a link to some match footage (whenever Memphis Mechanic finishes editing it).

I got a milkshake at Burger King every day last week. This week has been much better, though. About five years ago, I decided to drink a glass of water instead of the coke that I would have had. NO BS, I lost 8 lbs in two weeks. Went from 180 down to 172. Only problem now is, I don't drink that much coke.

LOL, I know the ones you're talking about. I detail strip mine three or four times a year, but the pins don't fall out yet.

(off and on): 5K about three times a week (in the 'hood, not on a treadmill) homemade crossfit-style workout including hitting bag/jumprope/pushups about twice a week (not as intense as a true crossfit though) bicycle now and then I did walk about 5 miles a day at work, but have been in an office setting for about 7 months now, and am up to ~185, which is not a good number for me. I have a fondness for milkshakes and chocolate chip cookies that I am trying to overcome. I'm also trying to be disciplined enough to go to bed early enough to get up early enough to work out or run before getting to work at 7 am, but I often stay up too late on the internet. Go figure.

Malfunctions are one thing; a blown up gun due to a double charge or a bullet set too deeply is another.

I don't know where to start--I've had bullets seated sideways, backwards primers, bullets that collapsed the case mouth because they were seated crooked, various overall lengths out of the same box, cracked cases, cases with part of the case mouth missing, failures to fire, .40s mixed with 9mm. God only knows how old the brass is that they use. One local gunshop used to (and probably still does) give a $2 discount if you brought in the brass from the previous box you bought. Back when I shot SIGs, they never liked the orange box. I used to have a .45 with part of the case mouth missing; if I can find it, I'll post a pic. In my worthless opinion, the stuff is garbage, and I won't put it in any of my guns. To the OP, try Dick's Sporting Goods. They've had Remington UMC 9mm on sale for $7.98/50 for a week and a half now. That's $40/250--cheaper than orange box at most places. .40, .45, and other stuff is on sale too, but I'm not sure of the price. BPS has a worthwhile sale on WWB and UMC once in a while. Worst case, WWB is $18.42/100 at Wal-Mart last time I was there. If you go to the one in Bartlett and buy more than two boxes, a little white-haired curmudgeon with a big beard will say something like, "You must be getting ready to start a war!" I just shake my head at that guy.

That will not be an issue ($$$boosters$$$)

shoot enough of that orange box benny ball and you will learn...

OUCH! My worst was my Mossberg 500 w/ pistol grip and 18.5" barrel. I was about 18, weighed about 150 lbs, and my dad's friend bet me lunch I wouldn't shoot one 3" Remington magnum slug one-handed. I took the bet and shot all five. My left hand trembled for three days.

I do spray a little Hoppe's on the Boresnake.